KCC immigrant tuition change draws support

9:11 PM,
Feb. 20, 2013

KCC students walking up the front steps before class.

Written by

Justin A. Hinkley
The Enquirer

Despite some local criticism, Kellogg Community College's decision to allow local undocumented immigrants to pay local tuition rates has earned support, KCC President Dennis Bona told his board Wednesday.

On Jan. 16, the KCC Board of Trustees voted 5-0, with Chairman Jonathan Byrd and Vice Chairwoman Jill Booth absent, to offer its in-district residential tuition rate to undocumented students who have lived in the college's taxing district at least a year and graduated from a local high school. The decision reversed a longstanding policy that asked those students to pay an ...